In August 2026, 37.1% of wage earners in Georgia received a monthly salary of GEL 2,400 or more, according to the latest Employment Tracker report by PMCG. The figure was up by 5.9 percentage points year-on-year, marking the largest annual increase among the salary categories analyzed.
A total of 966,116 people received salaries in August, a 2.8% increase compared with the same month of 2025. However, the number of wage earners fell by a seasonal 5.7% compared with July.
Salary Distribution
GEL 2,400–9,600 and above
Approximately 358,000 people fell into the GEL 2,400–9,600 salary bracket. PMCG separately tracks those earning GEL 9,600 or more per month. This group accounted for 3.4% of wage earners in August, up 0.6 percentage points year-on-year but down 0.3 percentage points from July.
GEL 1,200–2,399
The second-largest group comprised employees earning between GEL 1,200 and GEL 2,399 per month. Approximately 318,000 people were in this category in August, accounting for 33% of all wage earners.
GEL 600–1,199
Around 169,000 people earned between GEL 600 and GEL 1,199 per month, representing 17% of the total. The share of employees in this category has been declining compared with previous periods.
Below GEL 600
Approximately 121,000 people, or 12.5% of wage earners, received less than GEL 600 per month in August. The group’s share declined by 0.2 percentage points year-on-year but increased by 1.8 percentage points compared with July.
Average Salary
Alongside the increase in the share of higher-paid employees, Georgia’s average nominal monthly salary has also risen, according to PMCG’s Employment Tracker, which also draws on data from Geostat.
In the second quarter of 2026, the average monthly salary reached GEL 2,389, up 8% from GEL 2,212 in the same period of 2025.
